New Revolver... hot off the work-bench

[Michael Tinker Pearce]

I've been threatening to make a home-made revolver for a couple of years now, and I finally went and done it. This six-shooter is chambered in .450 Adams.


Loosely based on Colt's single-action mechanism, this could handle a much more powerful cartridge; it's beefy. To load or unload you put the gun on half-cock, slide the screw just in front of the cylinder towards the muzzle and the barrel and cylinder rotate to the right to allow access to the chambers-

Still need to install sights, and get it to the range- hopefully this week.
It's finished and works, but my brain is already buzzing with improvements... there are things that could be better or easier. That's OK... it's a hobby, right? Here it is with a 3" K-frame for size comparison.

 

[AustinTX]

Wow! That is beyond cool! Amazing talent, and amazing outcome.

 

[.38 Special]

Neat!

.450 what? I had to go look it up. So much for the idea that I knew everything about guns. And I don't even know how to make one, either!

 

[buck460XVR]

That's pretty cool. Love seeing your work.

 

[RevolvingGarbage]

I really love every single design choice you made here. I can’t wait to see the sights.

 

[horsemen61]

Awesome work!!!!

 

[Buckeye63]

@Michael Tinker Pearce
I was just thinking about some of your past builds the other day ...
Great work !!

 

[edwardware]

To load or unload you put the gun on half-cock, slide the screw just in front of the cylinder towards the muzzle and the barrel and cylinder rotate to the right to allow access to the chambers-

Now that is an interesting way to do it!

 

[Heir Kommt Die Sonne]

Build a revolver based on Colts MK3 mechanism.
A single action is impressive, but impressive for modern era?

 

[Tallball]

Amazing project!

I am impressed.

 

[bannockburn]

Tinker

Another successful design and build! Being the gentleman I am I will have to decline on commenting as to the overall size and weight of your latest creation (fully realizing the Parent/Child bond that exists)!

I must say it does have a certain monolithic charm about it though!

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

!!!!!

 

[Pat Riot]

Michael Tinker Pearce, that is a very nice gun. Congratulations! Your talent is the envy of many here.

Curious, why the .450 Adams?

 

[sabbfan]

I really enjoy seeing what comes out of your workshop, you are a fortunate individual to be able to visualize something in your mind and also have the talent to create it! And I just learned about a new chambering, had to look that one up!

 

[40-82]

Love it.

There's a cache in those old Adams cartridges nothing else quite matches.

 

[BobWright]

WOW!

But you showed just enough in the photos to demand more. A photo of the gun "broken" and what does the barrel/cylinder assembly pivot on? What does the sliding screw lock/unlock on? Strong fingernails for extraction? I see little indentations of rear of the cylinder for extraction. Firing pin? On face of hammer, or frame mounted? And weight?

Old Chinese proverb: "One picture demands a thousand questions."

Bob Wright

 

[WestKentucky]

That’s just beyond cool. Next gun, same thing small scale in 25acp???

 

[Michael Tinker Pearce]

Michael Tinker Pearce, that is a very nice gun. Congratulations! Your talent is the envy of many here.

Curious, why the .450 Adams?

I already reload it for my RIC, and it just seemed in-character for the gun.

 

[1KPerDay]

Way cool. Is the screw/latch in front of the cylinder held there by friction or is there a mechanical interface with half-cock somehow? If friction won't it move forward under recoil?

 

[1KPerDay]

Also, is the barrel threaded? If so, did you do it?

 

[Michael Tinker Pearce]

WOW!

But you showed just enough in the photos to demand more. A photo of the gun "broken" and what does the barrel/cylinder assembly pivot on? What does the sliding screw lock/unlock on? Strong fingernails for extraction? I see little indentations of rear of the cylinder for extraction. Firing pin? On face of hammer, or frame mounted? And weight?

Old Chinese proverb: "One picture demands a thousand questions."

Bob Wright

The photo with two pics of the gun shows it open and closed- it doesn't open much!

The barrel/cylinder assembly pivots on the frame-mounted screw that engages the large nut protruding under the barrel. Yep, nail-nicks in the rim of the cylinder for extraction. The cylinder is mounted on a 3/8" tube attached to the barrel, and a 1/4" steel rod runs through it. The catch-screw threads into this rod, and there is a spring in the tube that pushes the rod to the rear. When closed the tip of this rod engages a hole in the breech-face to lock things in place. Frame-mounted firing pin. I'll post more and more detailed pictures later.

 

[Viper1357]

Wow, now that is really cool!!!!

 

[WestKentucky]

Do you have any pictures of the internals? I’m curious to how you made the hand.

 

[H&R Glock]

Nice home workshop job! Have you tested it for accuracy yet? It looks like 7 yards would be appropriate. No sights needed that close.

 

[Michael Tinker Pearce]

Do you have any pictures of the internals? I’m curious to how you made the hand.

I'll post some later, but it pretty much looks like the hand on a Colt or Remington BP revolver.